Johann Heinrich Kaltenbach (30 October 1807,

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

– 20 May 1876,

Aachen Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...

), was a German naturalist and

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

mainly interested in pest species. He was a teacher in Aachen.

Important Works

* ''Monographie der Familien der Pflanzenläuse (Phytophthires)''; Aachen, In Commission der Roschütz'schen Buchandlung (1843) - Monograph on families of plant lice. *"Die deutschen Phytophagen aus der Klasse der Insekten. Fortsetzung. Alphabetisches Verzeichniss der deutschen Pflanzengattungen (Buchstabe B)." ''Verh. Naturforsch. Ver. Preuss. Rheinl. Westfalens'' 15: 77-161.(1858). *''Die Pflanzenfeinde aus der Klasse der Insekten. Ein nach Pflanzenfamilien geordnetes Handbuch sammtlicher auf den einheimischen Pflanzen bisher beobachteten Insekten zum Gebrauch fhr Entomologen, Insektensammler, Botaniker, Land- und Forstwirthe und Gartenfreunde''. Hoffman, Stuttgart. viii + 848 p.(

872 Year 872 ( DCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Sancho III Mitarra (or ''Menditarra'') becomes the founder and first 'king' of the indepe ...

. Issued in 3 parts; though dated as 1874 on the cover, p. 1-288 were published in 1872. In the field of botany, Kaltenbach was the author of ''Flora des Aachener Beckens'' (Flora of the Aachen basin), a book in which he identified almost 800

phanerogams A spermatophyte (; ), also known as phanerogam (taxon Phanerogamae) or phaenogam (taxon Phaenogamae), is any plant that produces seeds, hence the alternative name seed plant. Spermatophytes are a subset of the embryophytes or land plants. They inc ...

.WorldCat Title
Flora des Aachener Beckens

References

External links

German biography with portrait.

Sources

Osborn, H. 1952: ''A Brief History of Entomology Including Time of Demosthenes and Aristotle to Modern Times with over Five Hundred Portraits''. Columbus, Ohio, The Spahr & Glenn Company: 1-303 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaltenbach, Johann Heinrich 1807 births 1876 deaths German entomologists 19th-century German botanists Scientists from Cologne